Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 31, 1957, Image 11

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    Local and Personal
Marihal Cedars Fire Mar
shal Truman Nelson issued eight
Orders for correction of hazard
ous conditions yesterday follow
ing inspection of six business oc
cupancies and investigation of
three complaints in residential
areas.
Attend Inititute Three mem
bers of the Home Appliance com
pany staff here are attending the
third annual institute of manage
ment of National Appliance and
Radio-TV dealers association in
Washington, D. C. Those attend
ing are Tom T. Tubbs. Allen D.
Sterton, and Richard Finch. The
institute runs from July 28
through Aug. 3. They are study
ing problems of appliance deal
ers while attending lectures,
seminars and question and an
swer sessions on the American
university campus.
MEDFORD
Football Stadium
TWO DAYS
ONLY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
AUGUST
2-3
2:30-8:15
TWICE
DAILY
The Medford Shrine Club
P.M.
PRESENTS THE 1957
ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT
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SUBLIMELY SPECTACULAR
ACTS and ARTISTS
Including;
"The Incomparable
Dick Clemens"
Master of all Wild Jungle Beasts
With a Careful of Natural
Enemies of the Jungle Trained
Beyond Belief . . .
The Unpredictable, Aldaclous
Emperor and Empress of the
Clouds
"Tha Slmru Duo" 1
Daredeviltry aloft unexcelled . . .
dancing atop a 24 inch disc . . .
One Hundred & Twenty Feet
High
Garcia Nlroltnl's
Hichiv Trained
thimpaiurea
Tha Intrepid
NamdUs Perrh
Balancing Marvel
The
Arturo Family
Iterklesglv laring
Aerlal Comedian!
MUi Polly Jacobf
Panelni
Tlephanti
The Spin rhilllnr
neisler Bros. With
Their Orltinal Sky
Motor cycloramo
The Maurlrln
Modern JuKKling
Perfectionists
ThVriylnj LaValli
Incredible Aerial
Artistry
Count Cduardn
and Hit Car of
Tomorrow
HORDES OF JOVIAL JESTERS
DAZZLING SKY BALLET OF
SKILL AND FEMININE
LOVELINESS
Arold Standing in Line . . . . .
Buy Tickets NOW at
7 North Bartlett
3000S90
Children 50c
Reserved Section (Extra)
Former Resident Hera Vic
tor Daniels, Delhi, Calif., is
spending two days in the valley
as a houseguest of his nephew
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. L. N.
Dow, 747 South Holly st. Daniels
formerly lived for many years
in Grants Pass.
Compate For Trip Alan Jew
ett, of Jewett Office Supply, and
Guy Phetteplace, of Medford Of
fice Equipment company, are
competing a nation-wide sales
contest for dealers of Facit of
fice machines. Grand prize is a
10-day all-expense paid tour of
Sweden for the three top con
testants, the company said.
Schedule Picnic Former res
idents of Nebraska have been in
vited to the annual picnic of the
Nebraska Social club of Oregon
and Washington to be held Sun
day, Aug. 11, at Jantzen Beach
park, Portland. A picnic duiner
will be served at noon with a
program to follow, according to
Al Jensen, Portland, president,
e
Two Fires The Central Point
Rural Fire department sent
equipment to Bear creek, east of
Central Point, about 12:20 pm.
yesterday to extinguish a fire
which burned a 200 foot strip of
brush. The cause was undeter
mined, firemen said. At 5:22
p.m., equipment from the de
partment was called to Black
well hill to put out a grass fire
burning along Highway 99,
north.
Grass Fira The Medford fire
department was called to the 800
block of Biddle rd. at 3:25 p.m.
yesterday to extinguish a grass
fire apparently caused by a dis
carded cigarette, they said. At
6:05 p.m., a trash fire in the 800
block of North Central ave. was
put out by firemen on complaint
from, neighbors. The fire was
burning after hours, they added.
At 9:05 p.m., a fire truck was
called to the Medford airport to
standby during the refueling of
an Army T-29 plane.
Case Against Two
Youths Dismissed
Charges against two Ashland
youths, arrested for having con
cealed weapons, were dismissed
in Medford municipal court Fri
day, city police reported today.
Oficerj said they arrested
Harold Edwin Edick, 19, of 233
Granite St., and a 17-year-old
boy, also of Ashland, after they
found a double-edged knife and
a length of leaded pipe in the1
glove compartment of a car in
which they were riding.
The tomplaint was dismissed
because the articles were not
considered concealed when in
the glove compartment, police
explained. James A. Redden Jr.,
Medford attorney, was judge pro
tem in the case.
Births
AHLER To Mr. and Mrs.
Otto P. F., box 176, Talent, July
30,-1957, a boy, 6 pounds, at
Sacred Heart hospital.
ROBBINS To Mr. and Mrs.
John, 921 Maple Park dr., July
30, 1957, a girl, 6'i pounds, at
Sacred Heart hospital.
WINKLE To Mr. and Mrs.
Garland, and the late Mr. Win
kle, Shady Cove, July 31, 1957,
a boy, 5?i pounds, at Sacred
Heart hospital.
T YE ATT To Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene, box 363, Jacksonville,
July 31, 1957, a girl, 6 pounds,
at Sacred Heart Losptial.
McELROY To Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne, route 2, box 770, Central
Point. July 30. 1857. a boy, 8
pounds, at Rogue Valley hospi
tal. (
CARD OF THANKS
Our recent sad loss leave us with
grateful hearts toward neiRhbors and
friends. Their comforting expressions
of sympathy and thouKhtfulness will
always be remembered.
Mrs. Ira O. Leeper
and family
Mrs. Anna Wagner.
Member of Pioneer
Family, Dies
Ashland - Mrs. Anna Ander
son Wagner, 92, a member of
one of Ashland's pioneer fami
lies, died at her home, 135 Oak
st., yesterday morning. She had
been in failing health.
Mrs. Wagner was the daughter
of Jackson county pioneers, Me
lissa and Jesse Marion Anderson.
She was born Jan. 4. 1865, on a
homestead near Talent. Her par
ents died in her infancy, and she
was adopted by an aunt, the late
Mary E. McCall.
She was married in 1887 to
John Marshall Wagner, who also
was of a pioneer family.
Member of Groups
Mrs. Wagner was a member of
the Alpha chapter. Order of
Eastern Star, having been initi
ated in 1885, a member of Mt.
Aaliland chapter of Daughters of
American Revolution; a member
of the Ashland Study club, and
was the first initiated of Chapter
AC, PEO Sisterhood.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Elizabeth Sommer, Ash
land; two sons, Carroll Wagner,
Los Angeles, and Hobert Wag
ner, Valley View; five grand
children, Mrs. Katherine Merri
am, Salem; Mrs. Margaret Ann
Kellogg, San Diego; Mrs. Sus
anne Koford, Berkeley; Richard
Sommer, Sacramento, and Mrs.
rfiargaret Kessell, Columbus,
Ohio, and eight great-grandchildren.
A foster sister, Mrs. Lydia
McCall, and a sister-in-law, Mrs.
Mabel Kinney, both of Ashland,
also survive.
Funeral services will be held
at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity
Episcopal church. Interment will
be in the family plot in Moun
tain View cemetery. The body
will lie in state at Litwiller's
chapel tonight.
Friends have requested that in
lieu of flowers donations be
made to the memorial fund of
the Trinity Episcopal church.
Obituaries
MRS. EDITH WARREN
Mrs. Edith Warren, of roule
1, box 145, Central Point, died
early this morning at her home.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Conger - Morris
Funeral home.
MRS. EDITH LAHSEN
Funeral services for Mrs.
Edith Larsen, 57, of route 1, box
419B, Medford, who died Mon
day in a local hospital, will be
held at Conger-Morris Thursday
at 10 a.m. The Rev. Norman K.
Tully of the First Presbyterian
church. Central Point, will offi
ciate. Committal will be in Sis
kiyou Memorial park.
Mrs. Larsen was born Feb. 27,
1900, in Watsonville. Calif. On
April 19, 1924, in Reno, Nev.,
she was married to Arthur Lar
sen. who survives.
She has lived in this area for
the past six years coming from
San Francisco.
Other survivors include daugh
ter, Mrs. Eldon Deen, Medford;
two sisters, Mrs. M. L. Vorheis
and Mrs. Lillian Wicklein, both
of Medford; two brothers, Jesse
L. Groves and George E. Groves,
both of Medford.
Pallbearers will include O. R.
Hall, Robert Hall, Glenn Hall,
Charles Fort, Alvin Boswell and
Earl Deen.
Portland Livestock
Portlond-r-IUP) Cattle 530. Good
steers 24.50-25; good heifers 22-23;
utility-commercial cows 14-16.50; man
ners and cutters 11-12.50; utility bulls
17.50-18 50.
Calves 125. Choice vealers 22-23.
some 24; good vealers 19-20; standard
17-19.
Hogs 400. No. 1 and 2 grade butch
ers 24.75-25: mixed grade 23.75-24 50;
sows, 300-500 lb. 16-20; lightweights
20 50-21.
Sheep 1200. Market not established.
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Portland Produce
Portland (UP) Ecs To retailers:
Grade AA large. 54-46c; A lartfe. 54
56c: AA medium. 45-47c; A medium.
44-4fic; A small, 29-3 lc; carton, l3c
additional.
Butter To retailers: AA and A
grade prints. 67-68c lb.; carton, lc a
pound nigher; B prints. 65-6fic.
Cheese (medium curedt To retail
ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies.
45'2-52c: 5-lb. loaves. 51'2-.i7c; proc
essed American cheese. 5-lb. loaf,
41 2 -44c.
Farm Market
Best five-dozen early packs of
hydra-cooled corn from Yakima val
ley sold at 2.75-3 today, while some
farmer packs of Sauvies Island corn
sold down to 2; No, 1 Freewater toma
toes of large sizes brought farmers
2.75-3 for 23 pounds at the East Side
Farmers market; 18-lb. flats of mid
Columbia district tomatoes sold to re
tailers at 2.50-3 with same weight of
Yakima flats lower at 1.50-2; Yakima
valley cantaloupes sold lowr at 2 75
2 85 to retailers while best spears
stood at 25 cents a crate cut and
were mostly 3-3.25.
MEDFORD FOOTLIGHTERS
presents ...
"Mr. Angel"
3 Act Comedy by Harry Segall
FAIRGROUND THEATRE
Tuesday through Saturday, July 30-Aug. 3
Curtain at 8:30
Poultry, Rabbttes
Live Chickens Quoted to growers.
No. 1 quality, at ranch. 2-4 lbs. 25c
lb.; light hens. 9-llc lb.: at ranch,
heavy hens. 5 lbs. up. 12-13c lb.; old
roosters, 7-9c lb., f.o.b. Portland.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade,
dressed, to retailers: Fryers, whole
drawn. 42-46c lb.; cut up. 47-51c lb.;
hens, light type, cut up, 34-37c; heavy
type, whole drawn. 36-41c lb.
Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur
keys, live weight. 27-28c lb.; young
her. turkeys, A grade, 25lac on evis
cerated basis.
Rabbits (Average to growers, f ob.
killing plants): Live white, 32-5 lbs.,
f.o.b. dressing plants. Portland. 21-26c;
colored pelts. 4c under; old does, 10-12
lbs,, a few cenr higher. Fresh killed
frvers to retailers, 59-64c lb.: cut up
62-6jc lb.
Portland Hay, Grain
Portland Wholesale Hay Prices:
New crop. No. 2 green alfalfa, baled,
i f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, $26 a ton.
j Wholesale Prices as reported by the
USD A market news service: Wheat,
I No- 2 soft white, $79 a ton: No. 2 white
; oats 38-lb. West Coast delivery, nomi-
nally $48 ton: No. 2 Valley white oats,
t $45.50 ton: soy bean meal, S81 ton,
; f.o.b. Portland: barley, no. 2, 45-lb.
: West Coast delivery. $44.50 ton; stand
! ard mill run. prompt delivery. $37 50
38 50 ton fob. Portland; No. 2 yellow
- corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland,
. $63-63.50. . ..
News About
Servicemen
SERVE ON CRUISER
Edward J. Parker, seaman, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Park
er, 2322 Howard ave., and Allen
D. Smith, fireman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John E. Smith, 3455
Jacksonville highway, are serv
ing with the Navy aboard the
heavy cruiser USS St. Paul.
The ship will visit Seattle
Aug. 7-12 during the annual sea
fair. Twenty-two Navy ships
will Visit the port and take part
in a sea parade in Elliott bay.
INSTRUCTS AT SCHOOL
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert H.
Cavanaugh Jr., 901 King St., is
on active duty as an instructor
in the navigation department at
the pre-flight Naval school, Pen
sacola, Fla., during the summer
months.
He is a member of the air anti
submarine squadron 875 based
at the Naval Air station, Oak
land. Calif., and is the husband
of the former Miss Dorothy
Rocker, Lindsey, Calif.
TO COMPLETE TRAINING
Cadet Gordon Paul Ashby of
Medford is completing his final
week of the Reserve Officers
Training corps artillery summer
camp at Fort Sill. Okla. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ashby,
830 Bennett ave.
Cadets will test themselves in
a final two-day field exercise
following five weeks of intensive
field artillery training.
DRIVING INTO HOT WATER
Paterson. N. J. OB A 15-
year-old boy on probation for
stealing cars reported to tne
Passaic county probation offic
er Tupsdav and was rearrested.
Authorities said he had driven
to the court house in a stolen
auto.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Fair through
Thursdav. little- change in tempera
ture Low tonight 54. "ligh Thursday
Western Oregon: Some low cloudi
ness tonight and in early morning;
sunny Thursday. Low tonight 48 to
46. high Thursday from 75 in extreme
north to 85 in southern portion, 65 to
70 along coast.
Northern California: Fatr through
Thursdav except patches of fog near
the coast. Chance of a few thunder
storms in Sierras.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday,
71: below normal. 3-
Record high this date 102 in 1350.
Record low this date 46 in 1044.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none.
Total this month, .16 in., .01 in. be
low normal.
Total since Sept. 1, 21.64 in., 3 68 in.
above normal,
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 24.
highest this a.m. 83.
High 4:30 24
Clty Yestcr- a.m. nr.
day Low Prer.
Brookings fi" 50 .02
Crater Lake 65 . 37
Grants Pass 85 50
Klamath Falls 8U 4
MEDFORD ...... 73 55
Portland 73 53
Seattle SO
Spokane 81 54 .01
Yakima 82 46
Eureka 60 54
Red Bluff 35 65
Sacramento 91 58
San Francisco 73 53
Los Angeles 94 71
Phoenix : 110 8fi
Denver 88 64
Chicago 82 70
Miami 87 77 .72
New York 89 72 .40
Washington. D.C 92 71 .70
FIVE DAY FORECASTS:
Western Washington and Western
Oregon: Temperatures averaging be
low normal; highs generally 65 to 70
in western Washington. 75 to 85 in
western Oregon, except 65 to 70 along
the coast. Lows 48 to 54. Chance of
a few showers in western Washing
ton, Otherwise little or no precipita
tion. Northern California: No precipita
tion. Temperatures normal or above.
WdnfdBT' July 31, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TLZTER
Strength in Rails
Features Quiet Rise
New York OF) Streneth
rails and steels featured a quiet
rise on the stock market today.
U. S. Steel, which reported
record sales and earnings for trie
first half of 1957, led the group
higher.
Kansas City Southern rose
more than two points to feature
the rails.
Raytheon ran up more than a
point to a new high. Panhandle
Eastern Pipe Line, up more than
a point, lifted the utility average.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
Dow-Jones final itock aver
ages: 30 industrials 508.52. off
0.56; 15 utilities 69.88. up 0.15;
and 65 itocki 175.82. up 0.13.
Sales today were about 1.
830.000 shares compared with
1.780,000 shares Tuesday.
Today's prices on selected
stocks:
Allied Chemical 904
American Can 44'4
AT&T 173V4
Anaconda Copper 6614
Bethlehem Steel . unquoted
Caterpillar Corp 86-Vt
Chrysler Corp 77'4
Continental Can 46 a
Crown Zellerbach 53 k
Curtiss Wright 41
Du Pont 200
Eastman Kodak 109'2
General Electric 69 1
General Foods 48:s
General Motors 45
Georgia Pacific 34 a
Graham Paige 1
Homestake Mining 34
Kaiser Frazer 13
Kennecott Copper 1088
Lockheed Aircraft 37'. 3
Kaly Pfd 56V4
Montgomery Ward 373s
New York Central 34' 2
Penney, J. C 1SH
Penn R.R 20
Radio Corporation 3iVe
Richfield Oil - 777g
Socony Vacuum 60?s
Southern Co 244
Southern Pacific 44 'b
Standard California 577
Standard Indiana 51
Standard N.J 67
Sun Mines 12
Texas Gulf 26 1 2
Tex Pac Land Trust 75i
Transamerica 35 'i
Trans West Air 14 i
Tri-Continental 32Ts
Union Carbide 120Ti
Union Pacific 29
United Aircraft 62
U. A. L . 28T.
U. S. Rubber 45
U. S. Steel 69?i
Youngstown S & T 102
Private Showing of
Picture Is Scheduled
A private showing of a new
20th Century-Fox picture, "God
is My Pilot," starring Walter
Brenna, will be given here Fri
day, according to Robert Corb
in, Oregon-California theaters
manager here.
Members of the Medford Mini
sterial association, school offic
ials and representatives of press,
radio and TV have been invited
to view the picture, which Corb
in described as a "small-budget"
film but one oi particular inter
est to church and family people.
It will open here Aug. 8 at the
Rogue Drive-In.
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NEWS CARTOON
$288 Taken in Burglary
Of Medford Bowling
Approximately 5288 in checks
and currency were taken from
a safe at the Medford Bowling
lanes, 821 North Riverside ave.,
between 2:30 p.m. July 28 and
1:30 p.m. July 29, city police
were told Tuesday by the owner,
Fred James Anderson.
Anderson said the burglary
was discovered by the lanes
manager, Harold H. Vessey,
when he checked the unlocked '
but concealed safe.
Youth Questioned by
City Police Tuesday
A 13-year-old Medford boy
was returned to his parents
Tuesday shortly after his arrest
concerning child molestation,
Medford police reported today.
Questioning of the youth
cleared five reports of child
molestation, officers said. The
case was referred to the county
juvenile officer.
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